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Eure-et-Loir

(Encyclopedia)Eure-et-Loir ör-ā-lwär [key], department, N France. Chartres is the capital. ...

Aveyron

(Encyclopedia)Aveyron ävārôNˈ [key], department, S central France, in Guienne. Rodez is the capital. ...

Nièvre

(Encyclopedia)Nièvre nyĕˈvrə [key], department (1990 pop. 232,600), central France. Nevers is the capital. ...

Yonne

(Encyclopedia)Yonne yôn [key], department (1990 pop. 324,600), N central France. Auxerre is the capital. ...

Chablis

(Encyclopedia)Chablis shäblēˈ [key], village, Yonne dept., central France, in Burgundy. It is famous for ...

Cantal

(Encyclopedia)Cantal käNtälˈ [key], department, S central France, in Auvergne. Aurillac is the capital. ...

Lateran Council, Fifth

(Encyclopedia)Lateran Council, Fifth, 1512–17, 18th ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church, convened by Pope Julius II and continued by his successor Leo X. Julius called the council to counter an attemp...

Mersen, Treaty of

(Encyclopedia)Mersen, Treaty of, 870, redivision of the Carolingian empire by the sons of Louis I, Charles the Bald (later Charles II) of the West Franks (France) and Louis the German of the East Franks (Germany), ...

Artois

(Encyclopedia)Artois ärtwäˈ [key], region and former province, in Pas-de-Calais dept., N France, near the English Channel, between Picardy and Flanders. Arras is the chief city. Largely agricultural, it contains...

Lyautey, Louis Hubert Gonzalve

(Encyclopedia)Lyautey, Louis Hubert Gonzalve lwē übĕrˈ gôNzälvˈ lyōtāˈ [key], 1854–1934, colonial administrator and marshal of France. A career soldier, he served in Indochina, Madagascar, and Algeria b...